Congrats To All 2015 NFBC Main Event Winners

[Greg Ambrosius]

Let's give it up for everyone who earned an NFBC Main Event league title in 2015 because we know how tough it is to win one of these titles in a 15-team league. Kudos to everyone who came through in 2015.

This is the 12th year of the NFBC Main Event and each year the competition gets tougher. It's not easy to win one of these league titles. To win an NFBC Main Event league title in our very tough 15-team league format you have to draft well, constantly pick up the right free agents and make the right lineup decisions. It wasn't easy this year, that's for sure.

Congrats again to all of our league champions this year. Here's a few quick facts and then a list of our league champs:

** Richard Van Fleet was the only owner to win multiple league titles, winning Las Vegas League 5 on March 28 and Online April 4 League 2. He drafted from the 15th spot in both leagues.

** Chad Schroeder won the $75,000 bonus by winning the overall titles in the NFBC Primetime and the Rotowire Online Championship. He obviously had the only shot at the $75,000 bonus in the Main Event-Primetime, having finished 1st in the Primetime. Chad won a Main Event league title Online March 28th, but that team finished 36th overall.

** Out of our 30 leagues, five champions came from the No. 3 spot to lead the way. Nos. 2 and 5 were next with four league champions each.

** 13 of the 15 draft spots produced league champions this year. Only Nos. 7 and 13 failed to produce league champions in 2015.

** 18 of the Top 30 league champions came from the Top 5 spots. Six league champs came from 6-10 and six league champs came from 11-15.

** Five league champions started their teams with Andrew McCutchen, the top player on the most league championship teams. Four league champions started their teams with Mike Trout, with one owner getting him with the second pick. Paul Goldschmidt was also on the teams of four league champions.

Here's a look at the league champions followed by the list of league champions and their draft spots. Congrats all:
Main Event Las Vegas March 28 League 1 1 6500 Mark Srebro York PA (15th spot, Felix Hernandez)
Main Event Las Vegas March 28 League 2 1 6500 Eric Price Norwalk CT (14th spot, Felix Hernandez)
Main Event Las Vegas March 28 League 3 1 6500 Glenn Schroter Whitestone NY (1st spot, Mike Trout)
Main Event Las Vegas March 28 League 4 1 6500 Nick Cassavetes Los Angeles CA (9th spot, Max Scherzer)
Main Event Las Vegas March 28 League 5 1 6500 Richard Van Fleet San Diego CA (5th spot, Andrew McCutchen)
Main Event Online March 28 1 pm ET League 1 1 6500 Chad Schroeder OMAHA NE (11th spot, Troy Tulowitzki)
Main Event Online March 28 1 pm ET League 2 1 6500 Eric Albright Loveland OH (4th spot, Giancarlo Stanton)
Main Event Online March 28 1 pm ET League 3 1 6500 Tytus Parsons Springfield MO (10th spot, Jose Bautista)
Main Event Online April 1 8 pm ET League 1 1 6500 Patrick Gallagher Boston MA (9th spot, Edwin Encarnacion)
Main Event Online April 1 8 pm ET League 2 1 6500 Eric Heberlig New Cumberland PA (2nd spot, Clayton Kershaw)
Main Event Online April 1 8 pm ET League 3 1 6500 Steven Spatz San Diego CA (1st spot, Mike Trout)
Main Event Online April 2 8 pm ET League 1 1 6500 Reid Landry Dallas TX (11th spot, Jose Bautista)
Main Event Online April 2 8 pm ET League 2 1 6500 Mark Evans Brooklyn NY (12th spot, George Springer)
Main Event Online April 2 8 pm ET League 3 1 6500 Chris Fessler Florence KY (3rd spot, Andrew McCutchen)
Main Event Online April 2 8 pm ET League 4 1 6500 Don Brady ROGERS AR (3rd spot, Paul Goldschmidt)
Main Event Online April 2 8 pm ET League 5 1 6500 Richard Sellers St. Louis MO (2nd spot, Mike Trout)
Main Event New York April 2 7 pm ET League 1 6500 Michael Mager East Greenbush NY (3rd spot, Andrew McCutchen)
Main Event Las Vegas April 4 League 1 1 6500 Jon Stadtmueller LITTLE ROCK AR (8th spot, Carlos Gomez)
Main Event Las Vegas April 4 League 2 1 6500 Ted Cohan Centennial CO (1st spot, Mike Trout)
Main Event New York League 1 1 6500 john lemke Brooklyn NY (3rd spot, Paul Goldschmidt)
Main Event New York League 2 1 6500 Jason Duponte Natick MA (12th spot, Jose Bautista)
Main Event New York League 3 1 6500 Lopi Asch Brooklyn NY (5th spot, Jose Abreu)
Main Event New York League 4 1 6500 Craig Kielinski EXTON PA (2nd spot, Giancarlo Stanton)
Main Event Chicago League 1 1 6500 Michael Makula Chicago IL (5th spot, Andrew McCutchen)
Main Event Chicago League 2 1 6500 Brent Grooms Atlanta GA (5th spot, Paul Goldschmidt)
Main Event Online April 4 1 pm ET League 1 1 6500 David DiDonato Smithfield RI (9th spot, Edwin Enacarnacion)
Main Event Online April 4 1 pm ET League 2 1 6500 Richard Van Fleet San Diego CA (3rd spot, Andrew McCutchen)
Main Event Online April 4 1 pm ET League 3 1 6500 Sam Botnick Tarzana CA (2nd spot, Clayton Kershaw)
Main Event Online April 4 1 pm ET League 4 1 6500 Donald Warner Wayzata MN (6th spot, Clayton Kershaw)
Main Event Online April 4 1 pm ET League 5 1 6500 Stephen Jupinka Waldwick NJ (4th spot, Paul Goldschmidt)

[Greg Ambrosius]

As noted above, the Top 5 draft spots produced 18 NFBC Main Event league champions in 2015. The No. 3 spot produced the most league champions with five. Here's the final numbers for 2015:

2015 Main Event League Champions
Draft Spots:
No. 1 - 3 champions
No. 2 - 4 champions
No. 3 - 5 champions
No. 4 - 2 champions
No. 5 - 4 champions
No. 6 - 1 champion
No. 7 - 0 champions
No. 8 - 1 champion
No. 9 - 3 champions
No. 10 - 1 champion
No. 11 - 2 champions
No. 12 - 2 champions
No. 13 - 0 champions
No. 14 - 1 champion
No. 15 - 1 champion

[Gekko]

As an owner who drafted one main event team from the 15 slot, 3RR would be a welcome addition to even out draft slots fairness. It looks like league champion data HEAVILY supports that as well

[Greg Ambrosius]

Congrats to all of our champions in the 2015 NFBC Primetime, with Chad Schroeder winning the $80,000 grand prize. Chad had a historic season as he won over $300,000 in 2015, including the $75,000 cash bonus for winning the NFBC Primetime and Online Championship overall titles. Just AMAZING Chad.

Chad won 7 of the 16 Primetime Leagues he entered and finished 2nd in two other leagues. Michael O'Brien also won multiple Primetime titles, winning both leagues he entered. We also had six first-time Primetime league champions.

This is the 6th year of the NFBC 12-team format. We've tinkered with this format through the years and will likely tinker with it again in 2016. It's a great, great format, but not an easy one to win at.

Congrats again to all of our league champions this year. Here's a few quick facts and then a list of our league champs:

** Chad Schroeder won the $75,000 bonus by winning the overall titles in the NFBC Primetime and the Rotowire Online Championship. He tied for first place in one league, but the winning margins in his six other Primetime leagues was almost 13 points. He drafted from the 6th or 7th spot in six of those leagues and from the 9th spot in the other league.

** Out of our 17 leagues (with one tie), seven of the champions came from the 7th spot. Only two teams came from the Top 4 spots. The breakdowns were: two league champs from No.s 1-4; nine league champs from 5-8; six league champs from 9-12.

** 8 of the 12 draft spots produced league champions this year. The four spots that didn't produce champions were Nos. 3, 4, 8 and 10.

** Five league champions started their teams with Paul Goldschmidt. Mike Trout was on only one league championship team.

Here's a look at the league champions followed by the list of league champions and their draft spots. Congrats all:

Primetime Online March 26 9 pm ET 1 6000 Chad Schroeder OMAHA NE (6th spot, Goldschmidt)
Primetime Las Vegas March 27 10 am PT 1 6000 Joseph Lecak Las Vegas NV (12th spot, Scherzer)
Primetime Las Vegas March 27 1 pm PT 1 6000 Scott Waggener Santa Rosa CA (1st spot, Trout)
Primetime Online March 27 1 pm ET 1 6000 Derek Pierson SAINT LOUIS MO (5th spot, Goldschmidt)
Primetime Las Vegas March 27 5 pm PT 1 6000 Lindy Hinkelman Greencreek ID (9th spot, Rizzo)
Primetime Las Vegas March 28 4 pm PT 1 6000 Chad Schroeder OMAHA NE (9th spot, Tulowitzki)
Primetime Online March 29 8 pm ET 1 6000 Michael O'Brien Brighton CO (11th spot, Encarnacion)
Primetime Online March 28 7 pm ET 1 4500 Peter Lukowicz Manalapan NJ (11th spot, Bautista)
Primetime Online March 28 7 pm ET 1 4500 Chad Schroeder OMAHA NE (7th spot, Goldschmidt)
Primetime Online March 31 8 pm ET 1 6000 Christopher Vaccaro Staten Island NY (2nd spot, Stanton)
Primetime Online April 1 7 pm ET 1 6000 Dominic Cirigliano Columbia Station OH (7th spot, Abreu)
Primetime Online April 2 9 pm ET 1 6000 Chad Schroeder OMAHA NE (7th spot, Goldschmidt)
Primetime Online April 3 9 pm ET 1 6000 Eric Heberlig New Cumberland PA (12th spot, Scherzer)
Primetime Online April 3 7 pm ET 1 6000 Chad Schroeder OMAHA NE (7th spot, Goldschmidt)
Primetime Las Vegas April 4 4 pm PT 1 6000 Michael O'Brien Brighton CO (5th spot, Gomez)
Primetime Chicago April 4 6 pm CT 1 6000 Kyle Brinkmann Albion IL (5th spot, Stanton)
Primetime Online April 4 7 pm ET 1 6000 Chad Schroeder OMAHA NE (6th spot, Abreu)
Primetime Online April 5 1 pm ET 1 6000 Chad Schroeder OMAHA NE (7th spot, Cabrera)

[Greg Ambrosius]

As noted above, the middle was the place to be in the NFBC Primetime as seven league champions came from the 7th spot and five more came from spots 5 and 6. Here's the final numbers for 2015:

2015 Primetime League Champions
Draft Spots:
No. 1 - 1 champion
No. 2 - 1 champion
No. 3 - 0 champions
No. 4 - 0 champions
No. 5 - 3 champions
No. 6 - 2 champions
No. 7 - 5 champions
No. 8 - 0 champions
No. 9 - 2 champions
No. 10 - 0 champions
No. 11 - 2 champions
No. 12 - 2 champions

[Greg Ambrosius]

As an owner who drafted one main event team from the 15 slot, 3RR would be a welcome addition to even out draft slots fairness. It looks like league champion data HEAVILY supports that as well

You are more than welcome to lead that discussion, but please do it on another thread. Also, please use all data from years past. They can be found in October at the end of each season as we posted results each year. Thanks.

[Greg Ambrosius]

Heck, we might as well post our NFBC Auction Championship League winners here as well. We had a record 165 Auction teams this year, 11 full leagues in this national contest and a record grand prize of $22,500. Anson Chan won the top prize while winning the $2,500 New York League.

Ross Longood was the only owner to win two Auction League titles this year. Here's the league champs:

2015 NFBC Auction Championship League Winners:
Las Vegas March 26 - Jason Santucci San Mateo CA
Las Vegas March 27 - Dave Clum Pembroke Pines FL
Las Vegas March 27 - Josh Blumenreich Brooklyn NY
Las Vegas March 29 - -Mike Rothe East Alton IL
New York April 2 - Joseph Fraioli Bellerose NY
Las Vegas April 3 - Ross Longood Richmond VA
Las Vegas April 3 - Ross Longood Richmond VA
New York April 3 - Andy Saxton Bear DE
New York April 4 - Michael Leone BUFFALO NY
Chicago April 3 - David Van Der Stuyf Willow Springs IL
$2500 New York April 3 - Anson Chan tenafly NJ